blood orange yogurt olive oil cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup plain greek yogurt
• 2/3 cup agave nectar
• 3 eggs
• 3 blood oranges, zested
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup blood orange juice
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons blood orange juice

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 40 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line a loaf pan with parchment paper; grease and flour the pan.
• sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. whisk yogurt, agave nectar, eggs, blood orange zest, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl until smooth. pour yogurt mixture into flour mixture; stir to combine. fold olive oil into batter until incorporated. pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 50 minutes.
• whisk 1/4 cup blood orange juice and sugar together in a saucepan over medium heat; simmer until sugar dissolves, 1 to 2 minutes. pour over warm cake to absorb juice. cool cake completely, 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• whisk confectioners' sugar with 2 tablespoons blood orange juice to make the glaze. pour over cooled cake.